B LYMPHOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does B lymphocyte mean? 

• B LYMPHOCYTE (noun)
  The noun B LYMPHOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens

  Familiarity information: B LYMPHOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• B LYMPHOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

B cell; B lymphocyte

Hypernyms ("B lymphocyte" is a kind of...):

lymph cell; lymphocyte (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)

 Context examples 

A broad classification of disorders where circulating numbers of B lymphocytes are decreased or ineffective.

(Deficiency of Humoral Immunity, NCI Thesaurus)

CD20 antigen, a hydrophobic transmembrane protein located on normal pre-B and mature B lymphocytes, is overexpressed by various cancer cell types.

(DI-Leu16-IL2 Immunocytokine, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by a diffuse proliferation of predominantly large neoplastic B lymphocytes.

(diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes small inducible cytokine B13 protein, is involved in B lymphocyte migration and chemotaxis.

(CXCL13 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Circulating numbers of B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes and NK cells are variable but where present do not function properly.

(Congenital Combined Immunodeficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

An immune cell such as a T or B lymphocyte that responds to a single, specific antigen.

(Activated Lymphocyte, NCI Dictionary)

Assembled with BCR, CD19 decreases the threshold for antigen receptor-dependent stimulation of B lymphocyte proliferation and intersects with many intracellular signaling pathways.

(CD19 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

A CLP gives rise to the lymphoid lineage of white blood cells or leukocytes-the natural killer (NK) cells and the T and B lymphocytes.

(Hematopoietic Cell Lineage Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

An antibody produced by B lymphocytes in response to hepatitis A enteroviral infection.

(Hepatitis A Virus Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

CD19 as well as CD22 are cell surface antigens present on a majority of B lymphocytes, including early B progenitor cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody CD19, NCI Thesaurus)